2nd Circuit, Federal Judges, Quote of the Day, Shira Scheindlin

Ouch! So What Does That Make Magistrate Judges?

A federal district judge offers his thoughts on judicial hierarchy -- and criticizes the Second Circuit.

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[F]ederal trial judges know their place. We are the TTT of the federal judiciary. When the Circuit tells us to jump, we do so even if we don’t much like it. But, in return, we expect only one thing: no cheap shots.

— Judge Richard G. Kopf, offering some criticism of the Second Circuit’s recent decision to remove Judge Shira Scheindlin from the stop-and-frisk cases.

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